digital pens

Digital pens are starting to take off in the U.K. public sector. The pens digitally capture information written on specially printed paper that features a dot pattern. A tiny camera determines the pen's location on a page and can store up to 40 pages of text.

Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:48 GMT (04:48 PDT)

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

social worker

Greenwich social workers say the pens fit in with their normal working patterns and don't create a barrier in the way laptops do.

Published: July 19, 2006 -- 11:48 GMT (04:48 PDT)

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

pen test

This style of pen is being used by road test examiners before a larger-scale trial next year.

Photos: Digital pens at work

A number of public-sector organizations in the U.K. have been experimenting with digital pen-and-paper technology.

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digital pens

Digital pens are starting to take off in the U.K. public sector. The pens digitally capture information written on specially printed paper that features a dot pattern. A tiny camera determines the pen's location on a page and can store up to 40 pages of text.